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QUOTE (Tex @ May 9, 2010 -> 03:33 PM) "It's not a toy. It's an orange gun!"

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 9, 2010 -> 07:03 PM) For who? The outfield looks full unless Pierre or Quentin is traded, or they move Quentin to DH to stop this rotating DH nonsense. Right now...both of them look like .200 hitters on a good day.

QUOTE (Wanne @ May 9, 2010 -> 06:40 PM) please...I don't want to see Lilly anywhere near the major league roster. Can he really be worse than what we're getting from those spots now?

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Aybar, Navarro, and Kapler due up in the 9th.

Game on now. Against the Rays, of all people.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 9, 2010 -> 05:54 PM) It needed a whole lot of "ifs" to win this division. With that said, no excuse for it to not be an above .500 team. That's not going to happen when you have about 1/5 of your roster playing to their potential. Fathom and I just agreed, although I think it's closer to 2/5. On paper this team should at least have been a .500 team. I

QUOTE (T R U @ May 9, 2010 -> 05:41 PM) his weak infield single and then SB is as good as a double to me, do not care what you say about that.. Then he needs to start hitting more infield singles.

Only a mind truly overwhelmed with brilliance to the point of complete insanity could come up with today's mother's day tweet.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ May 9, 2010 -> 05:46 PM) What You Really Didn't See This Coming? You expected Beckham and Quentin to be this bad?

New video includes audio suggesting that the soldiers were ordered to fire.

QUOTE (knightni @ May 9, 2010 -> 05:39 PM) Yeah. You might as well go with Putz as the closer and see how it goes. Putz hasn't shown me anything either. You have to say screw it with the LH/RH matchup for a week and give it to Thornton. He's the only one who's earned it. Him or Santos, and I'm not sure Santos is ready to take it yet

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 9, 2010 -> 05:39 PM) Ed Wade gave Brandon Lyon 3 years and $15 million. You don't think he would have loved Bobby Jenks? Especially since Jenks still throws hard and has good stuff (stuff he can no longer find for some damn reason). Brandon Lyon's number in 2009 were way better than Jenks, and Jenks is making nearly 2x as much as Lyon.

I'm glad I got the car washed, cleaned, shampooed and waxed rather than watching that whole game.

Soxnet.net game writeup and summary post

QUOTE (docsox24 @ May 9, 2010 -> 05:34 PM) I don't think it was an inability. I think it was more that he didn't want to trade him. I also don't think Bobby will be removed as the closer. At least not after this game. It will take more time There's no way you keep Bobby as the closer after this. Even if you call it a temporary hiatus, you can't have him closing the next time one is needed. Especially if that happens to be against the Twins.

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 9, 2010 -> 05:34 PM) What's that supposed to mean? Everyone rants about how we should have dumped bobby on some unsuspecting GM when we all saw his fastball losing velocity and becoming more hittable...yet no one seems to stop and think "Hey, maybe other teams might have noticed that and suspected there was a reason why we were so desperate to dump Jenks".

QUOTE (Brian @ May 9, 2010 -> 05:05 PM) Missing 25% of the season is a slap on the wrist? Not like he could deny it with those before and after pics. There's a difference between the treatment you get after a suspension in the NFL+NBA and in MLB, though.

Kotsay with the excellent job of weakly grounding to 2b.

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 9, 2010 -> 05:28 PM) He shouldn't have put up with Jenks to start the season. Jenks should have been dealt in the off-season. There are plenty of teams looking for a closer. Sign another left handed reliever so you can make Thornton the closer. Hell, you have Santos waiting to be one right now. Kenny's inability to deal a crappy closer who has been regressing since 2007 is killing this team. Just how many times has Jenks blown a lead or given the other team the lead? I can't figure out why you think that every GM in baseball is dumber than you.

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 9, 2010 -> 05:24 PM) This didn't need to take place in order for management to figure that out. Yeah...but losing a winnable game thanks to the closer, losing 3/4 at home, going 3-4 against the Royals and the Jays at home...and then having to go to Minnesota...The GM isn't going to put up with this.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 9, 2010 -> 05:21 PM) With their performance this season....yes, I don't know how it can be worse. The Cards 2b/ss combo sucks, but at least they play good D. So...let me get this right...you think our 2b/SS combo is the worst in baseball history after 1.5 months...but yet you can immediately come up with another combo that is nearly as bad. In other words, you think 2 of the worst combos in baseball history are happening right now. Out of 110 years of baseball...2b/ss combos this bad have never ever been seen. You see why I'm ridiculing that a bit?

QUOTE (fathom @ May 9, 2010 -> 05:18 PM) We have to have the worst 2b/SS combination in the history of baseball. Yeah...this comment makes you look intelligent!

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ May 9, 2010 -> 05:15 PM) It is too bad he wasn't traded 2 years ago when he still had a lot of value but it was clear he was on the decline. Why does everyone assume that no other team could see his declining peripherals?

4 straight hits and the "Boo"s start.